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THE BANNER. SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9. 1918.
Nice Suburban Home
Located between the City and Oconee Heights,
house has 5-rooms, the lot contains 8 acres of land
in high state of cultivation. Can give possession
at once. Price $3500. For further information see
ERWIN & COMPANY
FUE MAKE GREAT lit IN
Lipscomb Fire Insurance Agency
1918—Our 20th Anniversary
AGENCY THRIFT STAMPS
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE
FARM LOANS CITY LOANS
J. D. BRADWELL, Attorney
QiiUUIy, swiftly. and thoroughly
Chief I’.eusse's men yesterday and
night before last worked a hie case to
tlie Imi.-.h a case Involving tlie ab
straction of hundreds of dollars worth
of goods from ears In South Athens,
ater the recovery of much of the
stolen goods, then the art eat of three
well-known young white men. one of
them a married man with a family,
and the facing of the men with the
facts—and their pleas of guilty.
Cars were entered near Fowler's
503 SOU. MUT. BLDG.
PHONES 298 AND 1012
and scores' of
The finding of the goods resulted!■**r l l "" "—— . . . ■ 1 . —m'L_
directly in the arrest of Jesse Muk- J’VYI T’ V" f\/\n/Vf
ley. Calvin Christian, and Guy Haines .ww/lse 1 • vl* lA/IvUUUll
—all young white men, well known]
here for years. Officers stated that
when they were faced with the evi
dence they at ome admitted the
charges and asked to be allowed to
plead guilty—they were taken before
Judge West, of the city court, and
having pleaded, were fined 373 includ
ing costs or eight months for larceny.
Other Cases Ripened.
Johnnie Hall, colored, was arralgn-
PROMINENT LAWYER AND REAL
’ ESTATE MAN TO MOVE TO
THIS CITY TO LIVE.
Many in Athens snd over this sec-
BEAUTIFUL EVENT
THE RED CROSS PARADE AT
CHILDS 8TREET SCHOOL ON
YESTERbAY AFTERNOON.
One of the prettiest sights that Ath*
od on a charge of having appropriated,
SHORT NOTES
OF INTEREST
Advertisements appearing In these
columns carrying a technical addreaa
rare The Banner and not the pergonal
address of the advertiser must be
answered care the addreaa given, it
'a no use to ask to know the Identity
of the advertiser, for It will not be
given. Such ads. are acoepted fn con
fidence ae to personal address and
•re considered as such.
Lipscomb's Specialty—Insurance.
r HS LARGEST SAVINGS
BANK IN ATHENS.
The Athens Savings Bank pays 4
jer cent interest In savings deposits
compounded January 1st., July 1st.
Deposits rocoived from fl.00 up. Get
be saving habit.
FUNDS ALWAYS ON HAND
READY TO BE LOANED ON CITY
REAL PROPERTY or FARM LANDS.
GREEN & MICHAEL, Loan Dept, tf
Why not divide my fire Insurance
-vlth J. C. Jester.'
For Farm Loans See Tate Wright tf
Agents Wanted: $5 to »7 dally sell
ing New Fibre Brooms; every woman
will buy. Sample by parcel post. 55
c-nts. Wynne Broom Co.. Elmira,
N. Y.
When you move, why not move
right We do It right Large spring
wagons. Williams Bros., Phone 148.
For Rent: Nice 7-room cottage on
Boulevard car line, within one block
of church and school. A. H. Davison.
tioq of the state will be much inter- ens has witnessed was that parade at
ested In the announccmtnt that Col. Childs street schpol yesterday—when
T. G. Dorough. a leading member of scores of the little folks and some
the Franklin county bar, and espec- not quite so little, costumed them-
lally interested in widely extend:d selves and almost every one wl'li a
realty transactions for several years.'pet of some kind—Joined In a unique
pairs cf shoes of all sizes anil grades Jan enormous lot of cloth sacks from with headquarters at Royston, will pageant of pets. Some carried dolls;
were taken: thousands of cigarettes j various and sundry places—and dls- come to Athens to live. He has many did; not a few had their cats
were missing, and other articles. The rosing of them without accounting for taken rooms in the Shackelford build-'and kittens; some had chickens, ban-
police were at work on the case and them to the Junk dealers. He also ing for offices and, while retaining tarns, rabbits, puppies, and toys. All
Wanted: A good milch cow, fresh pre,t >' s o<>» "ome of I lie goods begun | pleaded guilty and was given a line for a time office in Royston, will be the children wore the turbans with
. Phono .164. W. II. Jones. tf *° ll,rn “l* the ‘rail was followed andraf 150 or six months. |here most of the time. After the 'red crosses and in every case of the
the hiding place of most of the stuff Nat Hubbard was arrested also. It school term is over, he will move his pet In parade—that pet had been paid
complete line Cen- Was found and several Hundred dollars I was stated, on a charge of alleged, family to Athens and they will make for and made a member of the Red
worth of shoes recovered with con-'chicken-stealing—but for lack of evi-jthls their home In the future. j Cross Junior auxiliary.
For Farm Lpani See Tate Wright, tf
Jutt received
tury 10 cents music
Music Shop.
I,. Morris’
siderabie other stuff.
dence the case was dropped.
1000-lPyr.Ioan:mtg316.40 TL Mitchell
Wanted: Good cook. Apply at 333
Milledge avenue. 2t
. W. W. PLOTS
GOVERNMENT FINDS EVIDENCE
OF WIDESPREAD CONSPIRACY
PLANNING DESTRUCTION.
CABBAGE PLANTS.
We have about cne million good
stocky plants that went through
freese—Charleston Wakefield and Secret Agenti Turn up Scheme Xo
Succession, for Immediate shipment.
30c hundred, or 92.00 thousand. E. E.
Parker Plant Co., Tlfton, Ga.
Demolish Shipping, Industries,
And Bridges.
BARGAINS FRUITS, VEGETABLES
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Kelt. 8— Industrial
Here are bargains; bananas, grape- Workers of the World on the Pacific
fruits, apples; all kinds fruits; cab- coast havo planned wholesale destruc-
bage, celery, rutabaga turnjps, ,, on Q f j ndus t r ies and shipping and
onion s potatoes fresh, line, lowest other Interference with the prosecu-
prlces, must GO TODAY. See me cor- tlon orthe war lt wa9 8ald at lhe de .
ner College and Broad, j partment of Justice. The indictment
PETE PETROPOL. J 0 f fifty-five at Sacramento Is <# result
cl recent investigations by govern-
n ent agents.
FRESH FISH
Roe shad, trout, Spanish mackerel, Time For a Few
Wanted: Good horae. Weight about
1,000 pounds. Cheap and not too old.
Address 'Box 126, Bogart, Ga. 6t
Rid your horses and hega of worms
by giving them “OETS-EM” worm
medicine. Guaranteed. Made by H, A.
Haynes, Winterville, Ga. . , > 6t
Women Wanted, full time salary
324, selling guaranteed hosiery to
wearer, 50c an hour spare time. 'Big
Easter business. Experience unneces
sary. Guaranteed Mills, Norristown,
Pe. -
t «*• ^
COW FEED.
Mangle snappers, baking fish.
PEOPLES’ MARKET, Phone 1052.
Months, But U-Boat
Menace Dead by Aug,
Hearst Gets Mixed m
Up in Bole's Trial.* •”,"*:
I a John Jelllcoe, former chief of the e
• staff, said today he was afraid •
rons, reo. o. —t ne lieutenant pro- • “we are In for a bad time for a •
vost of French censorship depart- |e few months, but by late summer, •
ment, testifying at today's session of . • about August. 1 believe we will
Not a Man Idle
In Any Shipyard
LAST STRIKE TROUBLE SETTLED
AND MEN AT NEW ORLEANS
YESTERDAY RESUMED
WORK.
Mr. Dorough has been in the news-1 More than sixteen dollars was raised
paper work in his home town in by the accumulated flve-cent admis-
tlmes past and represented his coun- sion.
ty in the legislature for more than j
ono year.
Machine Did The
“Highest” Dive
The delivery auto of the People's
(By Associated Press.) Pressing Club did a dive that was
Washington Feb. 8—The last strike hot scheduled on the trip yesterday
n any way Involving the ship-build- morning. Coming down Lumpkin
ng program in tlie United States has ( street hill, the machine evidently got
been settled, with the return to work:beyond the control of the driver and
today of 2,000 trades workers In New literally fell down the grade.
Orleans. Not a man is now idle In diving, when at the bottom, with a
any shipyard In America, the assist- sudden turn Into a ten foot ditch,
ant secretary of the labor department j The driver escaped miraculously. The
announced, adding that v this is the]windshield was smashed to atoms
best answer to charges that labor is add the truck was damaged consider-
not doing Its part and that such state-lrbly, but by no means seriously.
ments cannot be credited and should I
be discontinued.
To Limit Stops a
Trolley May Make
(By Assoclated Press.)
Washington. Feb. 8.—The elimina
tion of one third the present electric
railway stops, on both urban and In-
torurban lines is under consideration
by the fuel administration as a means
of saving fuel supplies. In cities
stops may be limited to eight to the
mile and in suburban districts to six.
the courtmartlal of Bola Pasha, said
that articles passing William Ran
dolph Hearst were reepatedly taken
to Senator Humbert’s paper, Le Jour
nal, in .which Bolo purchased an In
terest, by Charles Bertelll. head of
the Paris bureau of the International
News Service, who accompanied Bolo
to America and Introduced him to
Hearst. ’
Miss Wiona Bel! In
Life Insurance Work
• be able to say that the submarine
• menace is killed.”
• ••••••••••••••a
Roosevelt’s Condition
Declared To Be Better
Many will be Interested to know couraglng.'
that Athens has the first young lady |
(By Associated Press.)
New York. Feb. 8.—Marked im
provement during the past wenty-
fm r hours In Colonel Roosevelt’s con
dition was indicated In a bulletin is
sued by his physicians tonight. The
bulletin said the “outlook Is very en
I life insurance traveling representa
tive In this part of the country—
Corn Cobb meal, better and cheap- Miss Winona Bell daughter of Rev.
er than bulls. Phone 118. 2t and Mrs. J. A. Bell, who. though tal-
ented as an artist, eduented for a
BIG REMOVAL SALE
—LEVY'S TOGGERY
Big reduction sale on entire stock
of clothing and haberdashery for the
next two weeks. Your chance to pur
chase needed articles of wearing *p-
parcl at great reduction In price.
teacher of art—with schooling In
leading institutions. Amerlcan-Euro-
pean—chose the Insurance field In-
Strike Will Paralyze
Argentine Grain Source
(By Assorlated Press.)
Buenos Aires. Feb. 8.—A general
strike was declared today by the
stead of the studio and the teacher's men of the Central Cordoba railway,
place. She has been In the work Employes of two other lines are ex-
since last summer and has been very pected to quit tomorrow. These
successful.
{strikes will almost
grain shipments.
paralyze the
DWELLINGS
For Rent
10 Room House Milledge Ave. $50.00
6 Room House JDuBose Ave. $20.00
8 Room House Nantahala Ave. [$20.00
6 Room House Boulevard ($15.00
5 Room House College Ave. $10.00
J. T. ANDERSON
PHONE 840.
Thornton’s Luncheonette
FARMS
120 Acres one mile from Normal School. Good strong land.
62 Acres Bogart road at 6 mile post.
87 Acres Oconee County on McNutts Creek, 3 houses; Gin and Saw
Mill.
153 Acres Newton Bridge road; fine land, leved; good cottage home;
Urge barn; 2 tenant bouses: rented 26 bales cotton.
189 Acres near Barnett Shoals 9 miles out.
Store building on Broad Street, near Thomas, 30x130. Cheap.
D. a ANDERSON & CO.
224 Clayton Street.
Special Today.
Chicken Salad, Bread, Choice of
Coffee, Chocolate or Milk 25c
Vegetable Soup 10o
Brunswick Stew i5c
Prime Roast Beef, Brown Gravy,
Steamed Rice, Stewed Corn, ,
Swoet Potato Pudding, Brown
Bread 35c
Chicken Hash on Toast 25c
Hot Roast Beef Sandwich 15c
1 doz. Oysters, fried or stewed....60o
\e doz. Oysters, fried or atewed..30o
Home Made Pies 10o
Lemon, Apple, Sweet Potato,
Cocoanut.
Baked Apples, Whipped Cream... 10c
Coffee 6c. Tea 6c, ChocoUte 10c.
Comparative Quiet
Senatorial Fronts
ONLY SPORADIC ARTILLERY
DUELS MARKED THE ACTIVI
TIES OF SENATE SECTOR.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 8.—Except for
more senate discussion, led by Sen
ator Thomas, democrats of the mill-’
tary committee, who praised the
army's accomplishments, defend ;d
Secretary Baekr. and opposed the
war cabinet bill, there were no moves 1
today In the controversy over war
efficiency and organization. The sen-,
te adjourned until Monday.
Mr. Edgar Morton
Dead at Rome, Ga.
Word wrt received In Athens last
| night of the death Yesterday aftor-
' nooh at his home In Rome, of'Mr.
Edgar Morton, after an Illness of
several days from pneumonia. The
funeral will be held this morning at
Rome. /
Mr. Morton was a son of the late
C. P. Morton, who once lived In Ath
ens—and he was a nephew of Mrs.
Fannie T. Crane, here, and Mrs. W.
H Morton and Mrs. George W. Mur
rell of this county.
He Is survived by a wife and sev
eral children and by one brother and
four sisters.
Wasting Time To
Make Trench Candles
Will Hurry Soft
Corn to Elevators
Mr. Robert A. Hemphill
Was Here For the Day
Mr. R. A. Hemphill, of Atlanta,
was here yesterday to attend to some
; business matters and see his mother,
(By Associated Press.) >,r8 Sarah A ' Hemphill, who though
Washington. Feb. 8,-Trunsporta- n , ow P"t century mark. has stood
tlon priority for grain, flour, corn
the unusual severity of the winter
better than many a person of less
than half her years, and Is in good
health now.
meal and other grain products in
western and middle western produc
ing states was ordered today by Di
rector McAdoo as a means of hasten-I
Ing to market all grains, particularly Catholics to Provide
the vast accumulated stores of soft
corn. This corn comprises as much
as forty percent of the stocks in
many sections and is threatened with
rotting unless rushed
and dried.
For Chaplains at Front
Accept Seydler’s
Resignation? No!
ASSE8SOR3 ARE BUSY
COMPLETING THEIR WORK
Mr. George Collins, whose illness
and absence from tlie board necessl-
tated some delay in the work of the
city assessors, is back at his post
agaain and the assessors are now
rapidly completing their work for this
year's digest. They have Just one
ward to cover. Messrs. G. H. Palmer
aud J. A. Pitman are the other mem
bers of the board.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Feb. 8.—The Rer. W. A.
elevators fjemmlck representing Cardinal Gib-
: boas in Catholic work connected with
] the American army has organized the
Bt. Michael's Club and Chaplains'
| Aid Society here to provide accom
modations for Catholic chaplains at
tne front, when on leave In Paris,
end to supply them with portable
(By Associated Press.) I " nn - P«y“--books, beads ant*
Zurich. Feb. 8 -Emperor Charles ° ;her requirements for their work in
has refused to accept the resignation the c,mp * the soldiers,
from the cabinet of Dr. von Seydler. The «*»*» * reception last
according to adviced received here. .S'*"* 1 * t0 Cardinal Amette and the
I Duchess de Vendome, honorary pres-
i tj »■£. f Ident of the club's committee. Car-
lnsure Identification jrinal Amette spoke of the great
of Soldiers Hereafter the Catholic soldiers of America
, would play In the present war help-
[ Ing all the Allies to obtain the longed
(By Associated Press.) for.“peace with victory.” The recep-
Washington, Feb. S. To lnaure Hon wa8 attended by a number of
prompt, Identification of enlisted men , nent Colics In the American
who may be killed or wounded, a
number be stamped on a metal tag,
each soldier will be required to wear
and a similar number placed opposite
the man’s name In the war depart
ment roster, lt was announced to-
olght. A similar system is used by
the British and French.
(Special to The Banner.)
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 8.—Confusion
has arisen In the minds of a great
many people as to whether or not
the Red Croes^jUlS IncludesCtrencb
candle^, Jo. its pyogyam of war settv-
■ties, and In order to do away with
such confusion and to answer Inquir
ies on the subject, the Southern
Division Headquarters, Colonel WO-
Ham Lawson Peel, general manager,
wishes to make it plain that the Red
Cros* will no loniwr accept trench
candles for shipment to France.
“The Red Croat does not aocept
trench candles,” said Colonel Peel,
"and the chapters are requested not
to make them any more. We cannot
handle them for shipping because all
the space Is needed for more Impor
tant things such as surgical dress
ings and hospital garments."
William A. Ellis, southern director
of the Junior Red Croes, has Just re
ceived a telegram to this same ef
fect from Dr. Henry N. MacCracken.
national director of the bureau of
Junior membership. Dr. MacCrai.c-
cn says:
Assistant to the general manager
states Red Cross will not accept
trench candles. They have been dis
carded abroad for more modern and
useful methods.”
f rench candles are not included In
the program of the Junior Red Cross.
Telegraphers on Mexican
Railways Are Organizing
(By Associated Preaa.)
Mexico City, Feb. 8.—Telegraphers
employed on the National Railways
rro seeking recognition of their an
te,n, better working conditions and
Increased wages. Ten representa
tives of the dispatchers organisation
recently conferred with representa
tives of tho government and railway
managements. The men asked recog
nition of their organization, authority
to enforce rules adopted at a conven
tion of their order in this city late
last year and eight hours pay for
the seven hours work at night.
No objection was made by the
government to the greater part of
the requests, but the question of in
creased compensation was left for
discussion at subsequent meetings.
Advertise your wants.
LIVELY STUDENT FIGHT TO
BE AIRED BEFORE COURT
J. B. Brock and John Conyers, both
students, engaged In a lively personal
combat yesterday on the street and
the police made cases against both
young men. They will sir the mat
ter, pro and con, before the recorder.
FIRE INSURANCE
Our Insurance Department is at your command any
Hour, Night or Day. Eleven years experience. Strong
companies. Our rates are no higher. Efficient service
to customers—large and small alike Every detail
of a policy is carefully checked by two men before it
leaves our office.
ERWIN and COMPANY